Development of a wearable cardiac monitoring system for behavioral neurocardiac training: A usability study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Uddin, Akib A ^a,b   Morita, Plinio P ^b   Tallevi, Kevin ^b   Armour, Kevin ^b   Li, John ^b   Nolan, Robert P ^c   Cafazzo, Joseph A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Blood pressure; Electrocardiography; Mobile applications; Mobile health; Physiological; Psychology; Relaxation; Sensor devices and platforms; Smartphones; Stress; Wireless technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018782896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5288     Document Type: Article

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